The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-05-06
A FURIOUS WIND.
Mankato has a Windy Time of 1T
Notes on Sunday Nights Blow.

People who enjoy good breeze Ger
tainly must have been satisfied with tn,
proportions of the elbow" which was ex
perienced in this region Sunday evening
The day had been an extremely hot ant
sultry one and of the regulation kline
which are supposed to brew cyclones, 81
that the furious wind which sprang M
, obont half past six was not wholly unex
'ao,aa III was not, however, a cyclone
prorar lint more on the order of a hur
; oapa and lasted for fully an hour. The
vaInc;ty with which the wind blew was
som.t5ing wonderful, and aside from
the fears of what might be the results OF
so furious a storm, many took great sat
isfaction i'm listening to the roar and wit
Messing the terrific effects OF the force OF
the wind. The streets in the lower part
of town were deserted, except by the
great clouds of dust which filed the air
and swept by at terrific rate of speed,
making Il impossible to obtain view for
more than a few rods in advance. Move
able articles of light weight were picked
up and carried off without ceremony,
and the air was full of flying fragments,
dust, sand, etc. After about an hour the
velocity of the wind lessened, the clouds
cleared away, and the evening became
as calm and pleasant as could be desired.
Fortunately, no damage OF serious
character has been reported, and aside
from few casualties noted below, there
seems to have been none OF the damag-
ing results which might have been ex-
pected from such a terrific storm.
NOTES.
Attendance at the city churches was
light, the wind coming up Just at the
hour for the commencement of services,
and preventing people from venturing
upon the streets.
No rain accompanied the wind in this
city, though there were thunder, light
ening and other indications of shower.
Many out houses, several barns, sheds,
and other buildings on the bluffs were
unroofed or otherwise damaged.
A tree standing on Jackson street at
the side of Thomas store, was blown
over against the building.
One of the chimneys on the residence
of Mr.. w. w. p. Mcconnell. on Jackson
street, was somewhat demoraliZed by the
force of the wind.
Mr.. Hill. of Eagle Lake, had lively
experience. While driving along Byron
street his horse became frightened at
flying piece of paper and Mr.. Hill was
unable to control him. The animal tore |
down Second street, stopping near the |
residence of Mrs. Liedlof and throwing |
Mr.. Hill out of the buggy after which the |
horse jumped over the fence into Mrs. |
Liedlof's yard, where after some further |
antics 1t was captured and put into Sena-
tor Pope's stable. Mr.. Hills little boy |
was i'm the buggy but was rescued before |
being hurt. The horse sustained no in
Jury from its escapade.
Tinkcomville furnished a good list of
small disasters to trees, sheds, etc. A
number of barns were unroOfed.
o. Brown: 81 think it was the strong
est wind, but one, that We have had
since the storm which unroofed the
Normal building
The grain elevator at Madelia is re-
ported to have been unroofed during
storm.
Gotlieb Konchak, living in Mankato
about five miles from this city,
was upon the roof of one OF his build
ngs ut the time the wind began to
dow, and before he could climb
Town the roof was taken of, together
With the man and carried about 30 feet.
strange to say, Konchak was not serious
y injured.
Prof. Cushing states that the velocity
IF the wind was 60 miles per hour.
AL. Wheeler, an employee at the brick
ard on the Nicollet side of the river,
vas struck i'm the head by a falling
BOARD, and quite badly hurt.